LEAP 2025 Accommodations And Accessibility Features User Guide

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LEAP 2025Accommodations andAccessibility Features UserGuideData Recognition Corporation (DRC)13490 Bass Lake RoadMaple Grove, MN 55311Service Line: 1–888–718–4836Website: https://la.drcedirect.comEmail: LAHelpDesk@datarecognitioncorp.comRevision Date: February 23, 2018

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LEAP 2025 Accommodations and Accessibility FeaturesTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction . 6Determining Eligibility . 6LEAP Student Access Goals . 7LEAP Assessment Feature Categories . 7LEAP 2025 and EOC Administrative Considerations . 7Test Administration Procedures for Students with an IEP . 8Test Administration Procedures for Students with an IAP (504 plan). 8Test Administration Procedures for Students with an EL Plan . 8Personal Needs Profile (PNP) . 8Coding Categories for Students with Special Needs . 9LEAP 2025 Student Access Goals .Error! Bookmark not defined.Assessment Features for All . 11Accessibility Features . 19Table 1: Accessibility Features . 19Accommodations. 21Appendix A. 31Procedures for Human Readers Providing the Human Reader Accommodation . 31Appendix B . 33Guidance for Selecting and Administering the Extended Time Accommodation . 33Appendix C. 34ELA Read Aloud Guidelines . 34Appendix D. 36Math Read Aloud Guidelines . 36Symbols . 37Angles/Triangles (and Δ) . 38Ratios (:) . 38Equal Signs ( ) . 39Pi (π) . 39Approximately equal to ( ) . 39Less than ( ) . 39Less than or equal to ( ) . 40Greater than ( ) . 40Greater than or equal to ( ) . 41Dashes (–) . 41Temperatures ( F and C) . 41Perpendiculars ( ). 42Abbreviations (ft., km) . 42Measurement (“ ‘ cm2) . 43Number Signs (#) . 44Empty/Unknown Boxes ( ) . 44Not equal to ( ) . 45Arc ( ). 45

LEAP 2025 Accommodations and Accessibility FeaturesTABLE OF CONTENTSInfinity ( ) . 45Percent (%) . 46Lines: Line Segment, Line, and Ray (FG, JK, LM ) . 46Similar to ( ) . 47Therefore ( ) . 47Congruent ( ) . 47Factorial (!). 47Plus or Minus ( ) . 48Subscript (A ). 48Numbers. 48Negative/Positive Numbers . 48Large Whole Numbers . 49Fractions/Improper Fractions . 50Mixed Numbers . 51Decimal Points . 52Roman Numerals . 53Time . 54Date . 54Ordered Pairs . 55Probability . 55Expressions/Equations/Operations . 56Multiplication . 56Addition. 56Subtraction . 56Division . 57Parentheses . 58Mathematical Exponents (x2, x3, 45) . 58Variables/Letters. 59Logs . 60Radicals . 61Absolute Values. 62Functions (f(x)) . 63System of Equations/Inequalities . 64Tables . 66Tally Charts . 67Bar Graphs . 68Histograms . 71Line Graphs . 74Scatter Plots . 78Coordinate Grids . 80Exponential/Linear Function Graphs . 83System of inequalities . 84Line Plots. 88Shaded Figures (Grids, Bars, and Shapes) . 89Pictographs . 90Number Lines . 93Spinners . 95

LEAP 2025 Accommodations and Accessibility FeaturesTABLE OF CONTENTSCoins and Dollars . 103Numbered/Step Diagrams . 104Appendix E . 109Protocol for Recorded Answers Accommodation and forTranscribing Student Responses . 109Qualifications of the Scribe . 109Administering the Scribe Accommodation . 110Additional Guidelines for the English Language Arts/literacy(ELA/L) Assessment–Prose Constructed Responses . 110Scribe Parameters during the Assessment. 111Special Considerations When Scribing for a Student Who UsesSign Language or Cued Speech . 111Use of Speech-to-Text/Voice-Recognition Software/Devices . 112Procedures for Transcribing Student Responses for ComputerBased Testing . 113Constructed Response Items . 113

LEAP 2025 Accommodations and Accessibility FeaturesIntroduction Roles in Determining EligibilityDistrict Leaders: Provide guidance on process and timelines for completion Work with schools to ensure comparability Ensure appropriate evidence and documentation are used in decision-making processSchool leaders: Ensure completion of process and adherence to timelines Participate in school-level team decision-making process Use appropriate evidence and documentation in decision-making processTeachers: Ensure use of accessibility accommodations in the classroom on a regular basis Use appropriate evidence and documentation in decision-making process Gather evidence that the support increases access to instruction and results show improvement ofcontent knowledge Participate in school-level team decision-making process Monitor for continued effectiveness of accessibility and accommodationsDetermining EligibilityTo determine if the accommodation is appropriate, the IEP, IAP, or EL team must use the evaluation results todetermine that the student’s disability severely limits his or her ability to gain meaning from writtenlanguage. Accessibility features and accommodations are intended to increase a student’s access to theassessment but will not compensate for a student’s lack of academic/content knowledge and skills.There must be documentation of: remedial reading services outside of the regular classroom setting student’s reading level as indicated on a current reading skills assessment as indicated on a currentskills assessment IEP or instructional goals related to reading development response to intervention (RTI) model and outcomes such as the use of research or evidence-basedinterventions aids and/or services provided to the student to support reading instructionSteps to use when engaging in the accessibility and accommodations determinations:Step 1: Ensure that the accessibility and accommodations are used regularly in the classroom.Step 2: Gather evidence that the supports increased access during instruction and assessments(observation and performance/assessment data).Step 3: Meet as a team (teacher, parent, student, and other relevant stakeholders) to discuss accessibilityand accommodations and create the plan of support.Step 4: Measure continued effectiveness of the accessibility and accommodations through classroomobservation and performance data. Adjust as needed.Page 6

LEAP 2025 Accommodations and Accessibility FeaturesLEAP 2025 Student Access GoalsThe Louisiana Department of Education is committed to ensuring that all students are able to demonstrate thedegree of achievement he or she actually possesses. Louisiana’s goals for promoting student access includeusing accessibility and accommodations, when needed, to: provide equal opportunities in assessment, without giving students an unfair advantage over other studentsor subvert or invalidate the purpose of the test.allow the test score to reflect the student’s proficiency in the area tested.provide valid and accurate measures of the student’s abilities.LEAP 2025 Assessment Feature CategoriesThe following table describes the three categories of assessment features on the LEAP 2025 Assessments.CategoryFeatures for AllAccessibility FeaturesDefinition Assessment features that are available to all studentsFeatures may be externally-delivered by a test administratorStudents determine whether they wish to use the feature on an item-byitem basis Must available to all students, but must be documented on a PersonalNeeds Profile (PNP), IAP, EL plan, or IEP for planning anddocumentation purposesGuidance on activating features is in the eDIRECT User Guide ineDIRECT Accommodations Adaptations or adjustments available to students who have an IEP, IAP,or EL plans and must be documented on a Personal Needs Profile(PNP), IAP, EL plan, or IEP for planning and documentationpurposesAccommodations must be available to students who have anIEP, IAP, or EL plan.Guidance on activating features is in the eDIRECT User Guide ineDIRECTNew accommodations or changes to an accommodation must be made to a student’s EL Plan, IEP, IAP, orPNP 30 calendar days prior to the start of testing. If a testing group includes students approved foraccommodations, the School Test Coordinator must provide the test administrator with a list ofaccessibility features and accommodations for each student as well as training or guidance on providingthe accessibility features or accommodations. Students who receive the same accommodations may betested together for the same grade level assessment.LEAP 2025 and EOC Administrative ConsiderationsPage 7

LEAP 2025 Accommodations and Accessibility FeaturesTest Administration Procedures for Students with an IEPTest accommodations are permitted to students with an IEP if they are routinely provided in the students’regular instructional and assessment program. Decisions in determining the need for testing accommodationsare made by the IEP team using the Department approved criteria (IEP Form), and/or the UniqueAccommodation approval process. Selection of appropriate accommodations is facilitated by a review of thestudent’s current instructional and classroom assessment accommodations and a clear understanding of thetest format and what it measures and should be regularly re-assessed to ensure continued effectiveness throughthe school year. Test accommodations may not be used if the student does not have a current IEP.All IEPs must be submitted in the Special Education Reporting site (SER). Additionally, certain testaccommodations must be indicated in eDIRECT. More than one accommodation may be used.Test Administration Procedures for Students with an IAP (504 plan)Test accommodations are permitted for students with an IAP (504 plan) if they are routinely provided in thestudents’ regular instructional and assessment program, and if the other conditions specified in theadministrative guidelines for Students with Disabilities according to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of1973 are met. Local 504 coordinators and test coordinators should work together to ensure that all testaccommodations are indicated on the IAP, the accommodations are being used in the classroom 30 days priorto the assessment administration window, and the accommodations must be uploaded in to the StudentInformation System (SIS). Accommodations should be based on evidence of being both appropriate andeffective and regularly monitored in order to ensure continued effectiveness. Test accommodations may not beused if the student does not have a current IAP.School districts must have a system of documenting and tracking test accommodations for all students whoreceive Section 504 services. The Department does not require submission of this documentation unlessspecifically requested for unique accommodation determinations or test security investigations.Certain test accommodations that are used must be indicated in eDIRECT for planning and reportingpurposes. More than one accommodation may be used.Test Administration Procedures for Students with an EL PlanDecisions in determining the need for testing accessibility and accommodations are made by a school- levelteam and then documented in the student’s EL accommodations checklist. Selection of appropriateaccommodations is facilitated by a review of the student’s current instructional and classroom assessmentaccommodations and a clear understanding of the test format and what it

PNP 30 calendar days prior to the start of testing. If a testing group includes students approved for accommodations, the School Test Coordinator must provide the test administrator with a list of accessibility features and accommodations for each student as well as training or guidance on providing the accessibility features or accommodations.

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